Hedda
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January 15, 2024, 9:27am
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Not possible, see → Stop Zigbee Mains powered device from being a router? (ZHA)
Summary: You are using a Zigbee Router product in a way that it is not supposed to work; the possible resolution is to either replace it with another lightbulb product that is purposely designed to be a Zigbee End Device instead of a Zigbee Router device, or change the way you use your Zigbee Router lightbulbs by disconnecting any dumb switches and make sure they always have power.
I highly recommend that you also read and try to follow the advice/tips in these community guides:
This is a wiki entry for the community to track which mains powered Zigbee devices are not routers.
Sengled bulbs
Most 2-wire dimmers/switches
Zemismart switches
Aqara FP1
Who is this guide for?
I have tried to make this guide to be a comprehensive collection of the most basic yet essential tips with a set of actions and best practice steps that should be applicable to all types of Zigbee setups, regardless of what type of Zigbee adapter/gateway/hub/bridge/devices that you are using, however, it has been written with a point-of-view in mind of Zigbee solutions that use a Zigbee Coordinator adapter locally via USB dongle/stick or remotely using a serial server ove…
Don’t forget that the first post in a community guide is a wiki - feel free to add to it or correct it.
This guide was written with reference to:
Core 2023.11.3
Supervisor 2023.11.6
Operating System 11.2
Frontend 20231030.2
Summary
This post is aimed at newcomers to Zigbee - and possibly to Home Assistant - who have stumbled into the wild west of Zigbee devices and manufacturers. It does not recommend particular products; instead it advocates a cautious approach to buying. When it comes t…
Don’t forget that the first post in a community guide is a wiki - feel free to add to it or correct it.
This guide was written with reference to:
Core 2023.12.3
Supervisor 2023.11.6
Operating System 11.2
Frontend 20231208.2
Some subjects come up quite a lot...
That map
[That map...]
The ZHA “network visualisation” was originally a dashboard card. It was absorbed into ZHA and the card is now deprecated, but the repository is still on Github .
The lines on the map show every route between …
Don’t forget that the first post in a community guide is a wiki - feel free to add to it or correct it.
This guide was written and tested these versions but should also work similarly with later versions:
Home Assistant 2023.8.4
Supervisor 2023.09.2
Operating System 10.5
Frontend 20230911.0 - latest
Background
Until recently Philips Hue devices have been controlled locally through a bridge, but the company has now started asking users to open a cloud account, which will ultimately hold det…
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